1980s Soft Grey Wool Chanel Button Front Day Dress designer-nina-ricci Very unusual hand made and

Very unusual hand made and hand painted Mexican set that would have been made for the tourist market

Structurally sound and intact

I have included a snapshot of the hats being made from a previously unpublished and restored version of a documentary film "Borsalino Industrial Company" in 1912 made by Luca Comerio

The waist has a pretty sash of pink silk chiffon and an attached gold belt from which little faux coins dangle and make a pretty sound when you move

1980s Soft Grey Wool Chanel Button Front Day Dress designer-nina-ricci Very unusual hand made andThis is the kind of dress that the house of Chanel really excels at with its understated elegance and beautiful lines. The fabric is a soft dove grey and the fabric has an almost subtle angora feel to it, but it is actually a combination of wool and silk thread. I imagine that it is a fabric that Chanel had made solely for them as most of their fabric are. The dress was a touch too large on my mannequin so in real life will sit a little better on a